Canon Pixma Ip90 Quick Start Guide

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Using the Bundle Software
The Setup Software & User’s Guide CD-ROM includes photo applications designed to edit 
the photographs taken by a digital camera and print them as photo-lab quality prints. 
Please use the application(s) suitable for your print purposes.
„ Easy-PhotoPrint (Windows/Macintosh)
You can make a Borderless Print easily and quickly, just by selecting a photograph 
taken with a digital camera and the paper type  on which to print. Also it has tools to 
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Printing Borderless Photographs
This chapter describes the steps used to print from photo applications included with your 
Setup Software and User’s Guide CD-ROM using the Borderless Printing mode.
Follow the steps below to create color prints of digital camera photographs with Easy-
PhotoPrint using the Borderless Printing functi on. This chapter describes the steps used to 
print borderless photos with Easy-PhotoPrint under Windows XP. The steps used under 
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2Select photographs.
(1)Select the folder containing the photograph you want to print.
All photographs in the selected folder are displayed.
(2) Click  [] on the thumbnail of the photograph you want to print and specify the 
number of copies.
Note Clicking the 
Correct/Enhance  button on the    Image Selection tab allows 
you to edit and enhance the photos to be printed. For more information, 
refer to the 
Photo Application Guide.
Guidance
Thumbnail
Folder window
Increases the number...

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3Select the paper.
4Select the layout.
(3)Load the media specified in the  Paper Selection tab.
(4) Click  Print.
Click  Print. When the confirmation message is displayed, click  OK. Click  Print in 
the  Print  dialog box.
Note
Clicking the 
Correct/Enhance  button on the    Layout/Print tab allows you 
to edit and enhance the photos to be pr inted. For more information, refer to 
the 
Photo Application Guide.
(1)Click the  Paper 
Selection  tab.
(2)Select the size of paper 
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Printing Maintenance
When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors are Incorrect
When printing becomes faint or colors are in correct, the Print Head Nozzles are probably 
clogged. Follow the procedures below to clean the nozzles.
Note • If ruled lines are printed misaligned
, adjust the Print Head position.
See Aligning the Print Head  on page 57.
• If ink tank replacement does not resolve the problem, the Print Head may be  worn out. Contact the Customer Care Center.
Printing the Nozzle...

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Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern
Print the nozzle check pattern to determine whether the ink ejects properly from the Print 
Head Nozzles. Use this function when printed results are blurred or the color is incorrect.
(1) Ensure that the printer is turned on, and then load a sheet of Letter paper.
(2) Hold down the  RESUME/CANCEL  button until the POWER lamp flashes 
twice, and then release it immediately.
„ Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern
1With the printer on, load a sheet of...

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(4)When the confirmation message is displayed, click  OK.
(5) Confirm the nozzle check pattern.
See  Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern  on page 45.
1With the printer on, load a sheet of Letter-sized plain paper in the printer.
2Open the  BJ Printer Utility  dialog box.
(1)Double-click the hard disk icon where the printer driver was installed, the 
Applications  folder, and then the  Utilities folder.
(2) Double-click the  Printer Setup Utility  icon.
If you are using an OS other...

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3Print the Nozzle Check Pattern.
(4)Confirm the nozzle check pattern.
See  Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern  on page 45.
(1) Select  Te s t  P r i n t  from the 
pop-up menu. 
(2) Click  Nozzle Check .
(3) Click Print Check Pattern .
NoteClick the Initial Check 
Items  button. 
Confirmation 
message for printing 
the nozzle check 
pattern is displayed.
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„Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern
The nozzle check pattern should appear as follows when ink is discharged properly.
Examine the nozzle check pattern output by the printer.
1Confirm the printed nozzle check pattern.
(1) Lines missing in this pattern indicate that the Print Head of black ink requires 
cleaning.
When with lines missing (black ink)
(2) White stripes in this pattern indicate that the Print Head of color ink requires 
cleaning.
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2When cleaning is necessary, click the Cleaning button on the  Pattern Check 
dialog.
*Click the  Cleaning button on the  Pattern Check screen to proceed to Print Head 
cleaning.
See  Print Head Cleaning  on page 47.
If there are neither missing lines nor white stripes in the nozzle check pattern, click  Exit 
(Windows) or  Quit (Macintosh) to finish the nozzle check.
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